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kennedy and people, bill clinton, walter mondale, i can list practically every presidential candidate on the democratic ticket for those 60 years, they all turned to him because they realized he was kind of serving as a kind of liberal conscience to that generation of political people. and the a way they needed -- in a way they needed his validation to be able to appeal to the liberal constituency that he tended to represent. >> but a hard-headed kind of liberalism. >> that's right. >> which is where -- he was so close to stevenson and did not make the transition to kennedy overnight. could you talk about that transition to shift from libertyville to hyannis? >> well, that's very interesting because you used the word hardheaded. he was very disappointed -- he, obviously, adored stevenson, e worked for him twice. but be at the same time, he felt that stevenson seemed rather passive on the issue of civil rights. and he was very, as tom points out, he had woken to that issue from having that visit in the mid 1940s to the south. and he tried to urge stevenson to make a commitment to prote
kennedy and people, bill clinton, walter mondale, i can list practically every presidential candidate on the democratic ticket for those 60 years, they all turned to him because they realized he was kind of serving as a kind of liberal conscience to that generation of political people. and the a way they needed -- in a way they needed his validation to be able to appeal to the liberal constituency that he tended to represent. >> but a hard-headed kind of liberalism. >> that's right....
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bush and former president clinton. the prime minister and other members of the house economy where there. this is one hour and a half. >> order. order. the house will wish to know how we proceed today. the questions will be carried over. office will announce consequential changes shortly. this is a special day for special tributes to a special .tatesman, nelson mandela i hope that as many members as possible will be able to contribute. contributions will continue until 10:00 p.m.. the house will also wish to know that there will be an event to commemorate and celebrate the life and achievements of nelson mandela taking place in westminster hall on thursday the 12th of december. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> nelson mandela was a towering figure in our lifetime. we are here to celebrate his character, his achievements, and his legacy. condolence books have been organized. tos evening we will fly south africa to attend the service and johannesburg. and his royal highness, the prince of wales, will be there for the funeral
bush and former president clinton. the prime minister and other members of the house economy where there. this is one hour and a half. >> order. order. the house will wish to know how we proceed today. the questions will be carried over. office will announce consequential changes shortly. this is a special day for special tributes to a special .tatesman, nelson mandela i hope that as many members as possible will be able to contribute. contributions will continue until 10:00 p.m.. the...
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lou: and president obama swapping out for hillary clinton? we have that here and he has doublingownnd getting a lou: the new book -- and getting a lot of attention highlighted in the book and the obama campaign's consideration of replacing joe biden with hillary clinton. he first heard that story right here on our broadcast. ed klein broke the story first. more than a year ago. >> are you saying that you think it is all but a done deal that he will be replaced on the ticket? >> i'm not saying that at all. i am saying that there are those inside the obama campaign were thinking maybe we should consider replacing joe biden and they did not make that decision, but they were considering it. >> there you see it. the author of "the new york times" bestseller, ed klein is with us tonight. and congratulations. that is her thick. >> thank you. the idea that this clinton campaign is starting to ratchet up. is there truth is we are hearing from some? >> i don't think it's disorganized. >> yes, think it's very organized. bill clinton had handed off the f
lou: and president obama swapping out for hillary clinton? we have that here and he has doublingownnd getting a lou: the new book -- and getting a lot of attention highlighted in the book and the obama campaign's consideration of replacing joe biden with hillary clinton. he first heard that story right here on our broadcast. ed klein broke the story first. more than a year ago. >> are you saying that you think it is all but a done deal that he will be replaced on the ticket? >> i'm...
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lou: and president obama swapping out for hillary clinton? we have that here and he has more coming up as a business owner, i'm constantly putting out fires. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cascard from capital one, i get 2% cash back on ery purchase, every d. i break my back around here. nally soone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every d. what's in your wallet? i need your timesheets, larry! it's lots of things. all waking up. connecting to the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. we're going to wake the world up. and watch, with eyes wide, as it gets to work. cisco. tomorrow starts here. lou: the new book -- and getting a lot of attention highlighted in the book and the obama campaign's consideration of replacing joe biden with hillar
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president clinton lead here. that leadership, i think, lead to ending the war in bosnia, i think is an extraordinary legacy . >> just before we go to leon. i wanted to ask you to comment on the role of intelligence through that process. >> this is the best example in my eight years of clinton administration. four years of the carter administration of the intention committee working with the policy makers. it was really seamless. and john you understand, i think. you know, it works best when the policy makers ask the right questions. and the intelligence communities is close enough that the policy they know what policy makers need. it's more a daily video conference at the working level. and whether the whole range from understanding extraordinary complex dynamic of bosnia. the religious, historical, dynamic to monitoring the flow of arms and people. to the economic embargo, which leon was like a puppet master. a brilliant exercise of using sageses to squeeze at the microlevel. it was all about maps. and meteorolo
president clinton lead here. that leadership, i think, lead to ending the war in bosnia, i think is an extraordinary legacy . >> just before we go to leon. i wanted to ask you to comment on the role of intelligence through that process. >> this is the best example in my eight years of clinton administration. four years of the carter administration of the intention committee working with the policy makers. it was really seamless. and john you understand, i think. you know, it works...
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a friend of bill clinton, a friend of hillary clinton, a friend of former presidents. a man who spoke with tremendous heart and passion to the united states congress was friends to numerous presidents is going to be remembered as a man who really changed the world. a man who undoubtedly never gave up the struggle for freedom, the struggle for civil rights, keeping his eye on the big picture. never putting himself before anything else. it was the struggle. it was a story of success. nelson mandela, a revolutionary throughout his life, a man who never gave up. spent 27 years behind bars, came back. february 2nd, 1990, amidst the escalating pressure, lifted the ban on the anc and released mandela from president -- from prison. and mandela was awarded the nobel peace prize in december of 1993 and following in 1994, april of that year in the south africa first truly democratic election where all races were allowed to participate, nelson mandela was overwhelmingly elected to the presidency of south africa. he leaves us this day at the age of 95. reverend al sharpton picks up
a friend of bill clinton, a friend of hillary clinton, a friend of former presidents. a man who spoke with tremendous heart and passion to the united states congress was friends to numerous presidents is going to be remembered as a man who really changed the world. a man who undoubtedly never gave up the struggle for freedom, the struggle for civil rights, keeping his eye on the big picture. never putting himself before anything else. it was the struggle. it was a story of success. nelson...
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with the best intentions and all efforts, president clinton vowed that north korea won't go nuclear. why is this nuclear deal different than any other nuclear deal? [laughter.] >> well, we don't know yet. no, we don't know yet. i think it's important for everybody to understand this is hard. because the technology of the nuclear cycle, you can get off the internet; the knowledge of creating a nuclear weapons is already out there. and iran is a large country and it is a relatively wealthy country, and so we have to take seriously the possibility that they are going to try to get a nuclear weapon. that's what this whole exercise is about. having said that, if you look at the history, by the time we got an agreement with north korea, they essentially already had a nuclear weapon. with respect to pakistan, there was never the kinds of inspection regimes and international sanctions and u.n. resolutions that were in place. we have been able to craft an international effort and verification mechanism around the iran nuclear program that is unprecedented and unique. that doesn't mean it's ea
with the best intentions and all efforts, president clinton vowed that north korea won't go nuclear. why is this nuclear deal different than any other nuclear deal? [laughter.] >> well, we don't know yet. no, we don't know yet. i think it's important for everybody to understand this is hard. because the technology of the nuclear cycle, you can get off the internet; the knowledge of creating a nuclear weapons is already out there. and iran is a large country and it is a relatively wealthy...
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here's what's happening, they'll be joined by former presidents clinton, george w. bush, and carter. snow, ice, and freezing rain are making for dangerous, even deadly conditions across the nation. frigidly cold temperatures will threaten many areas for days. >>> and how cold is it? it's so cold, this woman was actually able to ice skate on her street in southern indiana. now back to the program. >>> one of the formations that we used on the thompson farm the night of the incident was called a diamond formation. if a threat would come up to our left, for instance, we could say tiger left, tiger left, and the whole team could shift its position. >> tiger, tiger, tiger. tiger down on me. tiger left, tiger left. >> when the shooting started, it just sounded like multiple fireworks display, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, constantly. >> it was mind boggling, just constant gunfire. it sounded like i was talking to somebody in afghanistan. >> the tigers were by far the most resilient. i remember a couple of them would do some ersaults when the hit. a lot of the lions when y
here's what's happening, they'll be joined by former presidents clinton, george w. bush, and carter. snow, ice, and freezing rain are making for dangerous, even deadly conditions across the nation. frigidly cold temperatures will threaten many areas for days. >>> and how cold is it? it's so cold, this woman was actually able to ice skate on her street in southern indiana. now back to the program. >>> one of the formations that we used on the thompson farm the night of the...
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we are here in this clinton library and i want to bring this back to president clinton. there are more than 40 patients between the situation room and the oval office. rarely do national security advisers get fired when things go wrong but the president could get thrown out of office and i can assure you, the appetite for american boots on the ground in 1995 than there is in 2013. we have gone through somalia, black hawk down, we didn't have a great experience in haiti, no appetite for putting 25,000 troops into bosnia and even in the context of peace agreements most people couldn't tell you where bosnia was on the map. inevitably the peace agreement would be shaky and it was an extraordinarily courageous decision i think. we would not have had peace. that was the centerpiece of the end game because once we said we will be there to enforce the peace, that was the key decision. then there was confidence that a peace agreement actually could last. it does ultimately come down to presidential leadership and a decision the president made that was purely his judgment about wh
we are here in this clinton library and i want to bring this back to president clinton. there are more than 40 patients between the situation room and the oval office. rarely do national security advisers get fired when things go wrong but the president could get thrown out of office and i can assure you, the appetite for american boots on the ground in 1995 than there is in 2013. we have gone through somalia, black hawk down, we didn't have a great experience in haiti, no appetite for putting...
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we are here at this wonderful clinton library, and i want to bring this back to president clinton, if i can. you know, there are more than 40 paces between the situation in the oval office. rarely do national security advisers get fired if things go wrong. but president did get thrown out of office if things go wrong. and i can assure you there was no more appetite for american boots on the ground in 1995 than there is in 2013. we have gone to somalia. we didn't have a great experience in haiti. there was no appetite in the country for putting 25,000, or 20,000 troops into bosnia, even in the context of a peace agreement. most people couldn't tell you where policy was on a map. inevitably, the peace agreement would be shaky. and it was an extraordinarily courageous decision i think, and we would not have had peace. that was the centerpiece of the in game. because once we said we will be there to enforce it, that was the key decision. then the parties had confidence that maybe a peace agreement actually could last. so it does ultimately come down i think to presidential leadership here
we are here at this wonderful clinton library, and i want to bring this back to president clinton, if i can. you know, there are more than 40 paces between the situation in the oval office. rarely do national security advisers get fired if things go wrong. but president did get thrown out of office if things go wrong. and i can assure you there was no more appetite for american boots on the ground in 1995 than there is in 2013. we have gone to somalia. we didn't have a great experience in...
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., the clinton, al gore gorby doll, jacqueline kennedy and naturally with his interest of american history sammy davis, jr., a and mick jagger. [laughter] to a detractor to accused arthur of being a communist sympathizer he said your first letter was a product of misunderstanding for you to really provide if not i can only send you to the nearest psychiatrist. but i should note arthur had a keen appreciation for andrew jackson and jack daniel's. as is also appreciated arthur did not believe white wine was done to the day given the difficulties of the afternoon. he is the author of terror across and teeeighteen that co-editor of his father's struggle. his films won two emmys serving as the world director of the policy is to share am publisher of the journal of a speech writer and foreign policy adviser for'' well also the author of factive creation that received the harry s. truman book award. our friend tom brokaw will play a key role in this discussion in the future of liberalism. his career of one of the great american and light weight gretzky. [laughter] >> i can stand on skates but tha
., the clinton, al gore gorby doll, jacqueline kennedy and naturally with his interest of american history sammy davis, jr., a and mick jagger. [laughter] to a detractor to accused arthur of being a communist sympathizer he said your first letter was a product of misunderstanding for you to really provide if not i can only send you to the nearest psychiatrist. but i should note arthur had a keen appreciation for andrew jackson and jack daniel's. as is also appreciated arthur did not believe...
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but she cannot get away from him any more than she can from bill clinton. >> complicated. a.b., i'm not going to follow up on the two husband metaphor. that was van jones, cnn, ladies and gentlemen. that's all his. but a.b., there's a provocative piece in politico today with a quote from our friend who says that hillary clinton is the liferaft on obama's sinking ship. alex is talking about the now, saying that democrats who want to split from the president even now can look somewhat to hillary clinton for safe harbor. do you see that happening, democrats in a way distancing themselves from the president and trying to move to her now? >> well, she's not making many public statements. she's really only come out and said some things to back him up on syria. you know what her husband did at a critical moment right after the news broke that the president sort of knew people were not going to be able in the self-insured market to keep the policies that they like, even though they have been told by the president that they could. bill clinton said he should honor that promise whil
but she cannot get away from him any more than she can from bill clinton. >> complicated. a.b., i'm not going to follow up on the two husband metaphor. that was van jones, cnn, ladies and gentlemen. that's all his. but a.b., there's a provocative piece in politico today with a quote from our friend who says that hillary clinton is the liferaft on obama's sinking ship. alex is talking about the now, saying that democrats who want to split from the president even now can look somewhat to...
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ext, former secretary of state hillary clinton receiving the next former secretary of state hillary clinton receiving the lanto foundation. also speakingion madeleine all served as secretary of state under bill clinton. they talked about the recent passing of south african mandela. nelson this is 25 minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. please, thank you. you. your kindto mica for words and good morning. thank you to all of you. i'm thrilled to be here. are here to celebrate those who have dedicated their lives rights movement and we would be remiss if we did not speak as to mica did a little while ago to honor the passing movement'she greatest heros nelson mandela. he was an activist, a prisoner conscious, a statesman and above all a teacher and he taught us that the power of forgiveness is greater than the power of hate and the differences of race and matter less than our shared humanity. his presence on this earth will but his lessons will endure in the hearts of millions. in fact become a event as part of what tom talked about an awful lo
ext, former secretary of state hillary clinton receiving the next former secretary of state hillary clinton receiving the lanto foundation. also speakingion madeleine all served as secretary of state under bill clinton. they talked about the recent passing of south african mandela. nelson this is 25 minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. please, thank you. you. your kindto mica for words and good morning. thank you to all of you. i'm...
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former presidents clinton and carter are traveling separately. mark phillips is in johannesburg. >> reporter: when the life being remembered is nelson mandela's life, even the family dances as it mourns. this is the oldest grandson and now, as oldest male, head of the mandela clan. he could only move through the crowd of dancers by joining them. he was meeting up with the rest of the family at the mandela home. they had gathered to go together to a last private viewing of the body, still being held in a military morgue, before the mandela farewell becomes a grand event. as many as 100 world leaders have said they'll attend the first and largest event of the week-long commemoration. the memorial service expected to fill the national soccer stadium. with much of the world's ruling class on hand, along with president obama, security is a huge concern and police have already been deployed. but the tributes have already started. former archbishop desmond tutu-- another of the great antiapartheid heroes-- recalled a trip to the u.s. during the liberati
former presidents clinton and carter are traveling separately. mark phillips is in johannesburg. >> reporter: when the life being remembered is nelson mandela's life, even the family dances as it mourns. this is the oldest grandson and now, as oldest male, head of the mandela clan. he could only move through the crowd of dancers by joining them. he was meeting up with the rest of the family at the mandela home. they had gathered to go together to a last private viewing of the body, still...
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president obama turns to a former top clinton aide for some help. can he put the second term agenda back on track? >>> handshake uproar. an impromptu greeting with cuba's raul castro sparking controversy and speculation. is it an omen for u.s. relations with cuba? >>> and dying wish. a young cancer victim inspires a bipartisan bill to increase funding for research. why do some democrats say it's a fraud? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a troubled second term and now a shakeup in the white house. president obama's turning to a man who has been through it before, john podesta, who was chief of staff to bill clinton during his impeachment crisis. can he help steer another democratic president down a very bumpy road? let's begin our coverage with our senior white house correspondent, brianna keilar. brianna, tell us what podesta's role will be. >> reporter: his title, wolf, will be counselor to the president. it's a key advisory role and podesta is expected to be very influential. the deal that he struck with white house chief of s
president obama turns to a former top clinton aide for some help. can he put the second term agenda back on track? >>> handshake uproar. an impromptu greeting with cuba's raul castro sparking controversy and speculation. is it an omen for u.s. relations with cuba? >>> and dying wish. a young cancer victim inspires a bipartisan bill to increase funding for research. why do some democrats say it's a fraud? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>>...
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it is expected that jimmy carter, bush the younger, bush the older, bill clinton and president obama will visit. dan rather just said that he should be considered the greatest leader of the second half of the 20th century. that is how he is viewed around the world. his stature in the world is something that few people have ever known in modern history let alone in history. as the details of the arrangements for the next few days emerge, we will bring them to you right hire. now it's time for the last word. >>> nelson mandela told his biographer men come and go, i have come, and i will go when my time comes. nelson mandela's time came today. >> i pledge to use all my strength and ability to live up to expectations. i am your servant. i don't come to you as a leader. >> nelson mandela has departed this earth at the age of 95. >> the founding president has departed. >> the day he was released from prison gave me a sense of what human beings can do when they're guided by their hopes and not their fears. >> na is the man the world has been waiting to see, his first public appearance in ne
it is expected that jimmy carter, bush the younger, bush the older, bill clinton and president obama will visit. dan rather just said that he should be considered the greatest leader of the second half of the 20th century. that is how he is viewed around the world. his stature in the world is something that few people have ever known in modern history let alone in history. as the details of the arrangements for the next few days emerge, we will bring them to you right hire. now it's time for...
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bush, secretary clinton all aboard air force one with president and mrs. obama. i want to talk about security altogether. that whole group on air force one. do they all hang out together? >> actually they did, anderson. we're told the bushes and obamas and secretary clinton were in the private conference room around the table hanging out and actually exchanging stories about their encounters with nelson mandela. would have been a fascinating conversation because between the three contingants there having these experiences with mandela that spanned three administrations and then after that, you know how it is on a long haul flight, even if you like the person you're traveling with, you need a little down time and alone time. the obamas retired to their cabin and the bushes took the medical office right behind their cabin and secretary clinton retired to the senior staff cabin. >> and president clinton, former president carter, they're coming separately on different flights. so many world leaders, very interesting not only from a security standpoint, but just logis
bush, secretary clinton all aboard air force one with president and mrs. obama. i want to talk about security altogether. that whole group on air force one. do they all hang out together? >> actually they did, anderson. we're told the bushes and obamas and secretary clinton were in the private conference room around the table hanging out and actually exchanging stories about their encounters with nelson mandela. would have been a fascinating conversation because between the three...
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and instead of john just saying we don't like bill clinton's budget, john kasich made his own budget. he worked with tim penny and they went on the floor in the middle of this debate and they talked for about 30 minutes, 45 minutes about their vision of how to balance the budget and how to move this country forward. so when i went out on the campaign trail, instead of just criticizing bill clinton, when people asked me what would you do? what would you vote for when you got to washington, d.c., i said that i would do what john was talking about doing. we didn't like hillary's health plan so we had two or three different republican ideas for health-care plans. newt helped put together the contract with america so we went out and we had a positive on the constructive approach in the campaign. and it made a big difference. you remember earl hutto? you served with him. i ran against a 16-year incumbent, a democrat named earl hutto came from a district that hadn't elected a republican since 1873. and they hung the last republican they sent up to washington, d.c. vote for me. even we had id
and instead of john just saying we don't like bill clinton's budget, john kasich made his own budget. he worked with tim penny and they went on the floor in the middle of this debate and they talked for about 30 minutes, 45 minutes about their vision of how to balance the budget and how to move this country forward. so when i went out on the campaign trail, instead of just criticizing bill clinton, when people asked me what would you do? what would you vote for when you got to washington, d.c.,...
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bill clinton released this statement. history will remember nelson mandelaar a champion for human dignity, and freedom, for peace and reconciliation. >> president clinton said we will remember him as a man of uncommon grace and some passion, and embracing adverse say, not just a political strategy, but a way of life. president clinton posts a photo of himself with mr. mandela on twitter, for his millions of followers. and former president georgeh.w. bush was in office when mandela was released from prison. barbara and i had great respect for president manage della, and send our condolences to his family and countryman. former president george wildcats bush, and former first lady laura bush are among those expressing their condolences. they release add statement that read, president mandela is one of the great forces for freedom, and equality of our time. he bore his burdens with dignity and grace, and our world is better off because of his example. this great man will be missed, but his contributions will live on forever.
bill clinton released this statement. history will remember nelson mandelaar a champion for human dignity, and freedom, for peace and reconciliation. >> president clinton said we will remember him as a man of uncommon grace and some passion, and embracing adverse say, not just a political strategy, but a way of life. president clinton posts a photo of himself with mr. mandela on twitter, for his millions of followers. and former president georgeh.w. bush was in office when mandela was...
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presidents will attend including bill clinton and jimmy carter. the service is being held at johannesburg, the site of the 2010 world cup. george h w bush is the only living former president who will not attend the event. he is no longer able to travel long distances. . nelson mandela died last week at the age of 95. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we're c-span, created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. and now, you can watch us in h.d. >> the wireline world is the central security or system of our country. it is the veins and arteries that connect what is now the information economy in the united states. we are seeing data traffic increase at the rate of 40% per year. it connects all for
presidents will attend including bill clinton and jimmy carter. the service is being held at johannesburg, the site of the 2010 world cup. george h w bush is the only living former president who will not attend the event. he is no longer able to travel long distances. . nelson mandela died last week at the age of 95. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional...
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he took president clinton there in march of 1998 on a tour. i remember that well. i was the white house correspondent for cnn at the time, and it was -- it was a moment that i'll never forget. but i'm going to show our viewers, the picture of the two of you, you and nelson mandela. you worked together. how many years were you in robben island prison together with him? >> well, nelson mandela spent a total of 27 years, that's well known through the world. i got a discount. i was in prison for 15 years, spending 13 of those on robben isla island. but it's not about the time that we spent there, but the time we spent there discussion, strategizing, looking at how the future ahead of us. you're talking about a small cell. the cells are small, but it contained a formidable, a very large, larger than life figure, but someone who was very humble, who loved life. those principles were well through the years. today we see nelson mandela, the principles of dialogue, and on robben island, side by side with other leaders. of course, nelson mandela is gone, but let me tell you,
he took president clinton there in march of 1998 on a tour. i remember that well. i was the white house correspondent for cnn at the time, and it was -- it was a moment that i'll never forget. but i'm going to show our viewers, the picture of the two of you, you and nelson mandela. you worked together. how many years were you in robben island prison together with him? >> well, nelson mandela spent a total of 27 years, that's well known through the world. i got a discount. i was in prison...
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bush, secretary clinton all aboard air force one with president and mrs. obama. i want to talk about security altogether. that whole group on air force one. do they all hang out together? >> actually they did, anderson. we're told the bushes and obamas and secretary clinton were in the private conference room around the table hanging out and actually exchanging stories about their encounters with nelson mandela. would have been a fascinating conversation because between the three contingents there having these experiences with mandela that spanned three administrations and then after that, you know how it is on a long haul flight, even if you like the person you're traveling with, you need a little down time and alone time. the obamas retired to their cabin and the bushes took the medical office right behind their cabin and secretary clinton retired to the senior staff cabin. >> and president clinton, former president carter, they're coming separately on different flights. so many world leaders, very interesting not only from a security standpoint, but just logis
bush, secretary clinton all aboard air force one with president and mrs. obama. i want to talk about security altogether. that whole group on air force one. do they all hang out together? >> actually they did, anderson. we're told the bushes and obamas and secretary clinton were in the private conference room around the table hanging out and actually exchanging stories about their encounters with nelson mandela. would have been a fascinating conversation because between the three...
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he was close to the clintons, chief of staff so he knows how to deal with a hostile congress. he has worked with obama. he ran the transition for him and also built what has been the most successful left of center think tank launched, the center for american progress. someone with very good ties inside the broad democratic coalition and has experience dealing with congress. >> what does it say the president is calling on him to bring him in as a counselor to the president? >> the counselor is a historically a pretty fuzzy term. it usually translates into you give a lot of advice, you don't necessarily have a lot of line responsibility. i think the experience of bringing in folks like john podesta in the past has varied enormously. we'll have to wait and see how much actually operational influence they give him. can i by thing is one thing, controlling decisions is another. >> i remember in the first term of the bill clinton administration when they had some serious problems in 1993. >> a guy you sort of know. >> they brought in david gergen who had advised republican president
he was close to the clintons, chief of staff so he knows how to deal with a hostile congress. he has worked with obama. he ran the transition for him and also built what has been the most successful left of center think tank launched, the center for american progress. someone with very good ties inside the broad democratic coalition and has experience dealing with congress. >> what does it say the president is calling on him to bring him in as a counselor to the president? >> the...
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you know, as bill clinton found out, this is not something you can get away with. but it was a different time. i assume if they knew about the womanizing and they said yes, they did, but i said why didn't you report it? they said, it just wasn't done in the '60s. you didn't invade a president's private life that way, and you were much more restrained. >> you acknowledge the most extreme excesses, the womanizing and the way he would humiliate his mistresses by making them be with his aides in the white house pool and so forth but to say he did it because not the passion or the sex but because of the need for affirmation and attention. i thought maybe with that too generous? >> i think it was probably both, and he felt like in a sense he was a prince of the realm and he could get away with it. he was entitled. he was president. the most troubling thing i found with him in that regard was the fact that he seduced this 19 year-old, 20 year old, had an affair with her for a year and a half to my story about the is that when i was working on that first volume, i read an
you know, as bill clinton found out, this is not something you can get away with. but it was a different time. i assume if they knew about the womanizing and they said yes, they did, but i said why didn't you report it? they said, it just wasn't done in the '60s. you didn't invade a president's private life that way, and you were much more restrained. >> you acknowledge the most extreme excesses, the womanizing and the way he would humiliate his mistresses by making them be with his aides...
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they've been covering the clinton foundation. it's like it's a charity, but it's depicted like a black star or something. >> you know, kiki, it used to be, the foundation does so much amazing work. for a time we were actually getting stories about that. now, of course, it's all gloom and doom. the other thing that really bothers me about this, i would say the two things are, number one, i think it's disrespectful to president obama. number two, it feels like a narrative is being built of inevidentability about clinton. then if she does run, she will have to defend herself against. it's mostly been built up by the media. >> there were two moments in the past month that really struck me. they go right to the heart of what eric has written about. the first of which, i was fortunate enough to sit next to a very senior african-american political leader recently who was completely offended by "the new york times" story you raised about her relationship with the african-american community. couldn't believe they'd written it. wondered wh
they've been covering the clinton foundation. it's like it's a charity, but it's depicted like a black star or something. >> you know, kiki, it used to be, the foundation does so much amazing work. for a time we were actually getting stories about that. now, of course, it's all gloom and doom. the other thing that really bothers me about this, i would say the two things are, number one, i think it's disrespectful to president obama. number two, it feels like a narrative is being built of...
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every president from ford through clinton opposed 250 laws, the constitutional objections but they still upheld them. in president is doing worse in not unforcing the laws. >> he likes to quote the founding fathers. listen to this quote from james madison. he says it will be of little avail to the people that the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read or so incoherent that they cannot be understood or undergo insays ent changes that no man who knows what the law is today will know what they are tomorrow. >> presidents can't send troops into war, appoint judges or change laws without consent. in rick's defense, presidents back to wood droe wilson has been abusing executive power. this isn't just an obama thing. >> the fact that it's happened before does not excuse it now. >> i might go back further before wilson. this is an enduring part of our nation, a grab for power. >> coming up, stocks so irresistible that people are buying them with their own money. you want to hear these stocks coming up next. p >>> we are back with the stocks our informers are buying. >> i share qualities
every president from ford through clinton opposed 250 laws, the constitutional objections but they still upheld them. in president is doing worse in not unforcing the laws. >> he likes to quote the founding fathers. listen to this quote from james madison. he says it will be of little avail to the people that the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read or so incoherent that they cannot be understood or undergo insays ent changes that no man who knows what the law is today will know...
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was hillary clinton a good secretary of state. what's the conclusion in the piece. >> and the editor of politico magazine makes the point that people were reading about secretary clinton's record how great it was. now you hear more and more people saying secretary kerry has accomplished more in less than a year than she did -- >> who is driving that story? >> who is driving that story? >> i'm curious. inside the state department story? are people leaking that. i'm just curious. >> isn't it obvious? >> world events have come together for secretary kerry that moved the ball in the middle east on iran, on syria. and all areas where she didn't have the chance to have that sort of movement. >> yeah. wow. you're a virginia guy, what do you make of eric cantor? i think i read this on politico yesterday. it sounds like eric cantor, and, you know, i think it's interesting ted cruz is going to mandela's funeral. i think republicans are starting to look beyond their very small base and realize they got to expand to win national elections. th
was hillary clinton a good secretary of state. what's the conclusion in the piece. >> and the editor of politico magazine makes the point that people were reading about secretary clinton's record how great it was. now you hear more and more people saying secretary kerry has accomplished more in less than a year than she did -- >> who is driving that story? >> who is driving that story? >> i'm curious. inside the state department story? are people leaking that. i'm just...
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clinton. deals with it appeared that clinton gave them a guidance system for their cbm's and they were able to launch their icbm's. . with accuracy. it was not long after that, a few months after that, the minister of war was threatening the u.s. over taiwan. have got to remember, when madeleine albright went to north with theirealt over nucleart time and was supposedly -- they wanted uranium for a nuclear power plant. they took that uranium and refined and made into a nuclear weapon. they also got missile systems from china. i do not trust this administration dealing with iran at all. i think we will come out on the losing end. host: cumbersome? -- congressman? guest: i agree. all the things i have said, he said the same thing. host: tweeting in. why don't you lower the sanctions first as a jester, you can put them back? -- as a gesture, you can put them back? guest: once you let the monkeys out of the barrel -- you are having the wrong getting into a pack. we are going to reward you for bein
clinton. deals with it appeared that clinton gave them a guidance system for their cbm's and they were able to launch their icbm's. . with accuracy. it was not long after that, a few months after that, the minister of war was threatening the u.s. over taiwan. have got to remember, when madeleine albright went to north with theirealt over nucleart time and was supposedly -- they wanted uranium for a nuclear power plant. they took that uranium and refined and made into a nuclear weapon. they also...
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ext, former secretary of state hillary clinton receiving the next former secretary of state hillary clinton receiving the lanto foundation. also speakingion madeleine all served as secretary of state under bill clinton. they talked about the recent passing of south african mandela. nelson this is 25 minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. please, thank you. you.
ext, former secretary of state hillary clinton receiving the next former secretary of state hillary clinton receiving the lanto foundation. also speakingion madeleine all served as secretary of state under bill clinton. they talked about the recent passing of south african mandela. nelson this is 25 minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. please, thank you. you.
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bush, his wife, laura, and former e serk tear of state hillary clinton. we'll have a complete update on "good morning america." >>> concern this is morning about the fate of a missing nevada family. >> the two adults and four children set out for a day in the snow and they have not been heard from since. it's an especially dangerous situation since temperatures have dipped below zero both nights. and the area is remote and vast. >> it's the proverbial needle in the hay stack. >> they'll be searching the area by plane again this morning as soon as it gets light out. >>> a corruption scandal. 18 current and former deputies are accused of mistreating former jail mates and visitors. one visitor thrown into a refrigerator and locked up for five days without being charged. they're always accused of hiding an inmate after they found out he was an fbi informant. >>> a small study found that women who took viagra found their monthly menstrual cramps were eased. they want to have a larger study. >>> this among, word that sara pailing is returning to tv. she's signe
bush, his wife, laura, and former e serk tear of state hillary clinton. we'll have a complete update on "good morning america." >>> concern this is morning about the fate of a missing nevada family. >> the two adults and four children set out for a day in the snow and they have not been heard from since. it's an especially dangerous situation since temperatures have dipped below zero both nights. and the area is remote and vast. >> it's the proverbial needle in...
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president clinton failed as we remember in '92, '93. he passed in '97 and republican congress agreed on the expansion of coverage to youth and younger people. they stopped people from being dumped for having their premiums widely increased. you were guaranteed you could keep the same insurance if you got sick that form. these are complex. it's a complex system. those reforms are easier to sell. it's the social engineering side of it that the obama administration can't walk away from. >> what we don't know is the effect on prices. this cab messy government-run at some level program. but ultimately if there is an effect on the explosiveness of health care in the country everybody is helped because everybody is hurt at some level because they have no sense how much is getting paid for their own health care. if people are dialed into that. if there's more group responsibility for avoiding the uninsured that does have an effect. >> then you also may not know for some time the ramifications of the republican strategy. good they are going afte
president clinton failed as we remember in '92, '93. he passed in '97 and republican congress agreed on the expansion of coverage to youth and younger people. they stopped people from being dumped for having their premiums widely increased. you were guaranteed you could keep the same insurance if you got sick that form. these are complex. it's a complex system. those reforms are easier to sell. it's the social engineering side of it that the obama administration can't walk away from. >>...
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clinton couldn't resist mandela. mandela asked, clinton was going to do. it sure enough, three months, four months later, clinton was there standing next to president mandela overseeing the talks. >> tremendously persuasive man. >> yeah. i think they were two bird of the same feather. you know, there was -- i don't know who said it, said that the difference between obama and clinton, that clinton is the dog. 99 people in the room, one doesn't like you, the dog is going to go, "why don't you like me?" forget the 99 who love you. whereas the cat goes, "i'm good. you laike me, you don't. i'm all right." >> let's talk about the relationship between president obama and nelson mandela. we've seen that pretty iconic photo. then-senator obama meeting nelson mandela when he came to washington. and you see them there. mandela frail. president obama leaning down to greet him. as a sitting president, he wrote the forward to nelson mandela's book. he considered it a great honor to be asked to write the forward to the book. you mentioned the joshua generation. president
clinton couldn't resist mandela. mandela asked, clinton was going to do. it sure enough, three months, four months later, clinton was there standing next to president mandela overseeing the talks. >> tremendously persuasive man. >> yeah. i think they were two bird of the same feather. you know, there was -- i don't know who said it, said that the difference between obama and clinton, that clinton is the dog. 99 people in the room, one doesn't like you, the dog is going to go,...
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also speaking at the event, madeleine albright who served under bill clinton. they talked about the recent passing of former south african president nelson mandela. this is 25 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. please. thank you. thank you for your kind words and thank you to all of you. i am thrilled to be here. here to celebrate those that dedicated their lives to the human rights movement and we would be remiss if we did not toak as a little while ago honor the passing of one of the movement's greatest heroes. ansident mandela was activist, a prisoner of conscience and a political leader. he was, above all, a teacher. he taught us that the power of forgiveness is greater than the power and differences of race and nationality. his presence on this earth will be sorely missed, but his lessons will endure in the hearts of millions. this has become a very special event. part of what tom talked about, and it is with sadness that he has passed from this world. we have come together because of this extraordinary trailblazer, from san mateo to washington, t
also speaking at the event, madeleine albright who served under bill clinton. they talked about the recent passing of former south african president nelson mandela. this is 25 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. please. thank you. thank you for your kind words and thank you to all of you. i am thrilled to be here. here to celebrate those that dedicated their lives to the human rights movement and we would be remiss if we did not toak as a little while ago honor the passing of one...
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now the spin nearly a year after leaving foggy bottom, hillary clinton's time at the state department is getting the traditional d.c. media slice and dice. a new article in politico poses the question if she was a good secretary of state. and goes on to quote, aaron david miller said hillary was risk adverse kerry is risk ready. explains part why she didn't own anni issue of consequence. there was only a matter of time. what do we think? i'll go first. >> thanks for clarifying. it doesn't matter about her time at state -- >> a conversation hold -- >> it's going to be about domestic issues. number two the the mud the gop will throw at her will have to deal with benghazi, these conversations about what's her place in history, is she dean rusk, john kerry? where does she fall? that doesn't matter for vote ares not to mention she won't get hit with that in the primary so the democrats can control her narrative of time and benghazi or everything else. she was able to get away from the health care debate and debt limit debate not having to get into domestic politics for that few years at th
now the spin nearly a year after leaving foggy bottom, hillary clinton's time at the state department is getting the traditional d.c. media slice and dice. a new article in politico poses the question if she was a good secretary of state. and goes on to quote, aaron david miller said hillary was risk adverse kerry is risk ready. explains part why she didn't own anni issue of consequence. there was only a matter of time. what do we think? i'll go first. >> thanks for clarifying. it doesn't...
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george wurks bush is abard air force one, so is hillary clinton. you can only imagine what those conversations must be like. former presidents bill clinton and jimmy carter will join them at the memorial service. they're flying to the south africa separately. protecting all of them will be a security nightmare. brianna keilar is joins us with more. what are you learning, brianna? >> reporter: due to the fact that nelson mandela's health was ailing, the white house had a travel plan in place for his funer funeral, but according to officials from previous administrations who have planned similar trips, they say it's still a monumental challenge of security and logistics. an historic flight to pay tribute to nelson mandela. on board air force one with president and mrs. obama, president george wurks bush and first lady laura bush and former secretary of state hillary clinton. on the way to south africa, they gathered together in the plane's conference room telling their stories that spanned three presidential administrations. president's clinton and c
george wurks bush is abard air force one, so is hillary clinton. you can only imagine what those conversations must be like. former presidents bill clinton and jimmy carter will join them at the memorial service. they're flying to the south africa separately. protecting all of them will be a security nightmare. brianna keilar is joins us with more. what are you learning, brianna? >> reporter: due to the fact that nelson mandela's health was ailing, the white house had a travel plan in...
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that's why we had surpluses at the end of the clinton administration, because we had growth. part of the reason the deficit is likely to come down the future to some degree is because the economy looks better over the longer term than we thought it was going to be. but you still have to make these tough political decisions. if the president had early on taken the bull sense proposal which is deficit reduction group that he had appointed and headed from the state of the union message okay they've given us this proposal. congress, go to work on it and get me a budget by july, six months from now. early in his career as president it might have changed the paradigm. >> one thing that was in the congressional in-box, you're going to tell us, may not be there any more. have they come to an agreement on the military appropriations. >> they have the national defense authorization has come an agreement. they announced they're going to fast track it to get it done before the house leaves at the end of the week. that means none controversial things that were agreed upon with this agreem
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>> john podesta is known for helping with the turbulent waters in the monica lewinsky and clinton white house. is that skill transferable to the over haul of health care? >> it is a different kind of damage control we are talking about. they are huge policy problems that the white house is facing. talking to proponents of obama care and critics. no one can tell you five steps to solve the problem with obama care. whether you are talking about high deductibles. they are problems that are a result of the plan and they are features and not bugs. john podesta is going to have a hard time to solve those problems. >> is this president obama's version of accountability? instead of firing anyone but to bring in a big gun to fix it? >> it might be. people would prefer someone to be fired. it is odd to see a disaster of this scale unfolding this long and weeks now. and no one is held accountability in a serious way. this is much more about arming the titanic. and bringing john podesta on board and blaming the republicans and teeing off on the critics of obama care and suggesting that that is caus
>> john podesta is known for helping with the turbulent waters in the monica lewinsky and clinton white house. is that skill transferable to the over haul of health care? >> it is a different kind of damage control we are talking about. they are huge policy problems that the white house is facing. talking to proponents of obama care and critics. no one can tell you five steps to solve the problem with obama care. whether you are talking about high deductibles. they are problems that...
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they say give it time, president clinton saying as much. that's the math. is it your feeling that the numbers are going to be 4-1 versus those who gain? what's your sense? >> the send is that it was going to be far worse. an avalanche. that's why the saw the president defer and delay the small business mandate. the estimate was 150 million more people losing hit and run. we heard about people losing current individual insurance. it's going to be massive. what the final number will be, we don't know. i think, again, there's a lot of people who aren't going to sign up. they're going to say, hey, whack me with a penalty. again, the dirty secret is, the fine that you pay the government for not signing up for health insurance will come out of your tax refund. if you construction your taxes so you don't get a tax refund, so you just pay taxes, presumably you won't have a fine. so people are going to game the system because frankly they can't afford. it i talked to a restaurant owner over the weekend. owns nine restaurants. he told me he's forcing good and decent
they say give it time, president clinton saying as much. that's the math. is it your feeling that the numbers are going to be 4-1 versus those who gain? what's your sense? >> the send is that it was going to be far worse. an avalanche. that's why the saw the president defer and delay the small business mandate. the estimate was 150 million more people losing hit and run. we heard about people losing current individual insurance. it's going to be massive. what the final number will be, we...
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martha: that's right. >> you know, that's different than what bill clinton sought to do on jobs to try to work with republicans. soç two different ideologies here, and i think you're right in that jobs is going to be the big ticket item. martha: yeah. perhaps the big missed moment and opportunity in the presidency. we will see. bret, thank you very much. we'll see you tonight. bill: we want to hear from you at home with continuing crchs over health care healthcare.gov. would you trust it with your personal information? that is our twitter question of the day. @bill hemmer, @martha maccallum. this big social media hacking overnight, a big deal, atexted about two million people. i'm going to see the bartenders are holding sessions at the bar -- [laughter] talking about health care. good luck with that. martha: can i talk to you about your health care? all right, this fox news alert for you know now, anç encouragg sign for the economy as the labor department reports a sharp drop in the new claims of unemployment benefits. new jobless claims fell by 23,000 last week to just under 300,0
martha: that's right. >> you know, that's different than what bill clinton sought to do on jobs to try to work with republicans. soç two different ideologies here, and i think you're right in that jobs is going to be the big ticket item. martha: yeah. perhaps the big missed moment and opportunity in the presidency. we will see. bret, thank you very much. we'll see you tonight. bill: we want to hear from you at home with continuing crchs over health care healthcare.gov. would you trust...
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going back to kerry versus clinton, who would have thought he could make secretary clinton look like a slacker in the travel department. it's so interesting to see the comparison. one, i think of janis joplin, freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. kerry has nothing left to lose. he's at the end of his career. secretary clinton was in the middle of hers and that's a piece of the difference. >> i hear chris cillizza, button that down. >> just to add, i'm glad ruth said it first, because i was going to say it. that's exactly what came to my mind. i do think mark knows this better than anyone. i do think the thing i see the a achilles heel too guarded, risk averse, susan's piece guess at that in the secretary of state's office. we know that happened in 2008, would it be repeated in 2016. i think there's a real danger. >> quickly, if hillary clinton doesn't run for president, i bet you john kerry does. >> that's a first prediction. you're doubling down as it were. chris cillizza, see you in a bit, ruth marcus. >>> a home coming seven weeks in the making for newman and his
going back to kerry versus clinton, who would have thought he could make secretary clinton look like a slacker in the travel department. it's so interesting to see the comparison. one, i think of janis joplin, freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. kerry has nothing left to lose. he's at the end of his career. secretary clinton was in the middle of hers and that's a piece of the difference. >> i hear chris cillizza, button that down. >> just to add, i'm glad ruth...
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the democrats were stuck in a similar rut from carter and till until about 1992 when clinton came along. he brought energy, ideas, and a positive outlook. he told us not to stop thinking about tomorrow. it took democrats three elections to get their groove back. 12 years of painful losses and being out in the wilderness. for them to get past internal differences and find a candidate they could unite behind. i am hoping it takes just two losses. with that positive note, i would like to open it up to questions. [indiscernible] >> hi. one criticism i have been hearing about why you are seeing so many candidates who can't reach across the aisle, who can't appeal outside of their own demographics is because of gerrymandering. you have these ultrasafe carzily drawn districts. you do not need to be more inclusive candidate to win. do you agree with that? do you think the republican party should get behind initiatives to have more nonpartisan districts? >> yes, i agree with that. i think gerrymandering has a lot to do with where we are right now. that is not just a problem for republicans. it i
the democrats were stuck in a similar rut from carter and till until about 1992 when clinton came along. he brought energy, ideas, and a positive outlook. he told us not to stop thinking about tomorrow. it took democrats three elections to get their groove back. 12 years of painful losses and being out in the wilderness. for them to get past internal differences and find a candidate they could unite behind. i am hoping it takes just two losses. with that positive note, i would like to open it...
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along with former secretary of state hillary clinton. and when the president rose to speak, what an ovation. >> president barack obama. [ cheers ] >> thank you. >> the president praised mandela's moral vision and courage. but said the great leader's work is unfinished. >> we know that like south africa, the united states had to overcome centuries of racial. it took people known and unknown to see the dawn of a new day. michelle and i are beneficiaries of that struggle. but in america and in south africa and in countries all around the globe, we cannot allow our progress to cloud the fact that our work is not yet done. and so we, too, must act on behalf of justice. we, too, must act on behalf of peace. >> mandela inspired countless people around the world including president obama who spoke from the heart in personal terms. >> it woke me up to my responsibilities to others and to myself and it sent me on an improbable journey that finds me here today. and while i will always fall short of madiba's example, he makes me want to be a better
along with former secretary of state hillary clinton. and when the president rose to speak, what an ovation. >> president barack obama. [ cheers ] >> thank you. >> the president praised mandela's moral vision and courage. but said the great leader's work is unfinished. >> we know that like south africa, the united states had to overcome centuries of racial. it took people known and unknown to see the dawn of a new day. michelle and i are beneficiaries of that struggle....
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let's talk to our friend, former special counsel to president clinton, lanny davis. we've got to get him onto the republican side. maybe the obama team should read it. also with us, hadley heath. lanny, i don't think it's a good product. and i'll say it's going to cost a whole lot more and the product line is going to be less and the networks are going to shrink and i think people in the country are generally pissed off and he lied and that hurt him, too. >> if you're right, i'll agree with you. i'm just not sure you're right. i certainly applaud you for saying the republicans need an alternate because we are the only western democracy in the world that has no national health insurance guaranteed access to health care. why is it that it's good enough for the canadians, for the swedes, for the swiss, for the french and for the english but not the americans -- >> the canadians come over the border to detroit. i love the canadians. they've got a good monetary policy, lower corporate tax rates than we have. their economy is growing better. but when it comes to health car
let's talk to our friend, former special counsel to president clinton, lanny davis. we've got to get him onto the republican side. maybe the obama team should read it. also with us, hadley heath. lanny, i don't think it's a good product. and i'll say it's going to cost a whole lot more and the product line is going to be less and the networks are going to shrink and i think people in the country are generally pissed off and he lied and that hurt him, too. >> if you're right, i'll agree...
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joining the first fammll on aii bush and hillary clinton. aara >> i french president offering to talk. there is a ppotest on the ttt of lennn. >> brrving the cold for aacause. %-swimsuut run in wisconsin. a the people helping tt raise mmnny for a local children's charitt.. there is a gingerbread man. 3 he looks warrer. option. >>>not attractive and i ddn't phink hhs wife oo proud of him when he got bacc home. >> and no one launched a big pr caapaign to get them igned up because of the problems wwth thh weesite. they are aaout o launch a pr campaign. >> only harvard polls 20 percent is signing up. not a probably but definitely. p> other than the pr cammpignn that was a architect of ooama care. pee young eoppe siined up with a good pr push. foccs n promotion. bbite will droves that re predicted is >> it is facttr. probably the biggest factorris % -pii we emember when ww were tt age.. -pwe push thingg off until the lass-minute. theeopen enrollment. and the one thing to keep in % a quartee of people not y interested ii signinn up for obama care.
joining the first fammll on aii bush and hillary clinton. aara >> i french president offering to talk. there is a ppotest on the ttt of lennn. >> brrving the cold for aacause. %-swimsuut run in wisconsin. a the people helping tt raise mmnny for a local children's charitt.. there is a gingerbread man. 3 he looks warrer. option. >>>not attractive and i ddn't phink hhs wife oo proud of him when he got bacc home. >> and no one launched a big pr caapaign to get them igned...
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jon: he was at the white house when the monica lewinsky mess was plaguing the clinton administration. maybe that's a connection there. he comes also as a guy named pete rouse is leaving the white house. he's been the president's adviser for, well, back to the time when he was an illinois senator. here's a picture of rouse. "the new york times" points out mr. podesta and mr. rouse share some similarities. both are older than the 52-year-old president, mr. rouse is 67, mr. podesta nearly 65, and are said to be able to speak candidly to him, much like party elders. both also have far more experience, washington experience, than mr. obama. so this is a case, maybe, of a gray beard coming in to steady an administration that's a little shaky? >> possibly. john podesta is certainly a washington insider. he has great connections both from his nonprofit which has been able to be successful because of those connections but also through the relations he established under the clinton administration. someone who has connections where the president doesn't that he could reach out and maybe help par
jon: he was at the white house when the monica lewinsky mess was plaguing the clinton administration. maybe that's a connection there. he comes also as a guy named pete rouse is leaving the white house. he's been the president's adviser for, well, back to the time when he was an illinois senator. here's a picture of rouse. "the new york times" points out mr. podesta and mr. rouse share some similarities. both are older than the 52-year-old president, mr. rouse is 67, mr. podesta...
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president obama turns to a former top clinton aide for some help. can he put the second term agenda back on track? >>> handshake uproar. an impromptu greeting with cuba's raul castro sparking controversy and speculation. is it an omen for u.s. relations with cuba? >>> and dying wish. a young cancer victim inspires a bipartisan bill to increase funding for research. why do some democrats say it's a fraud? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."
president obama turns to a former top clinton aide for some help. can he put the second term agenda back on track? >>> handshake uproar. an impromptu greeting with cuba's raul castro sparking controversy and speculation. is it an omen for u.s. relations with cuba? >>> and dying wish. a young cancer victim inspires a bipartisan bill to increase funding for research. why do some democrats say it's a fraud? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."
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bush, they are not of bill clinton, they are of hits. yes, the obama record poses a fundamental threat to millions of americans and he's got that right. take a look under mr. obama. the income gap, four times faster has expanded four times faster than it did under president george bush. under president obama, 6.7 americans in the millions have fallen into poverty. the same one that had the audacity to stand before the cameras and speak as though he had absolutely been uninvolvee and policies for the past five years. it's an extraordinary thought. the number of workers receiving disability benefits under his administration over the course of the past five years has risen by 20% to almost 9 million people. 9 million people under president obama. under president obama, 21.6 americans are underemployed or unemployed and giving up looking for work. under president obama, the average duration has nearly doubled to more than 36 weeks and today, president obama joined the nearly 70% of voters who say that the united states is now headed in the w
bush, they are not of bill clinton, they are of hits. yes, the obama record poses a fundamental threat to millions of americans and he's got that right. take a look under mr. obama. the income gap, four times faster has expanded four times faster than it did under president george bush. under president obama, 6.7 americans in the millions have fallen into poverty. the same one that had the audacity to stand before the cameras and speak as though he had absolutely been uninvolvee and policies...